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we need to be tougher on russia. right now, what we see happening in russia is not only is putin thumbing his nose at us in terms of providing these weapons to the assad regime to murder its own people, but look at the stalin-esque crackdowns on his own people in terms of putting people in jail just for speaking out. it's really outrageous what's happening in russia right now. i do think we need to be tougher with russia, because we cannot continue to condone any type of behavior by russia in fueling the violence in syria. let's not lose sight that they have also cooperated with cuba, venezuela, other bad actors around the world, including they have been part of helping iran with their nuclear program and they should be tougher on iran as well. >> well, there has been some progress on that front. russia has joined in on some of the agreements for sanctions and some of the negotiations, but aside from iran, should president obama be meeting with russian president putin next week? do you think he should be canceling th
we need to be tougher on russia. right now, what we see happening in russia is not only is putin thumbing his nose at us in terms of providing these weapons to the assad regime to murder its own people, but look at the stalin-esque crackdowns on his own people in terms of putting people in jail just for speaking out. it's really outrageous what's happening in russia right now. i do think we need to be tougher with russia, because we cannot continue to condone any type of behavior by russia in...
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. >>> tens of thousands of russians chanted "russia will be free" as they marched through russia today. the protest went on despite the absence of many opposition leaders who were rounded up by russian police on monday. russian police on monday. >>> up next, the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he was just focused on making sure we were gonna be successful. he would never give up on any of us. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. ♪ i hear you. ♪ ♪ rocky mountain high .. ♪ born on the bayou [ female announcer ] the perfect song for everywhere can be downloaded almost anywhere. ♪ i'm back, back in the new york groove ♪ [ male announcer ] the nation's largest 4g network. covering 2,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. rethink possible. >>> the u.n. peace keeping chief says the syrian
. >>> tens of thousands of russians chanted "russia will be free" as they marched through russia today. the protest went on despite the absence of many opposition leaders who were rounded up by russian police on monday. russian police on monday. >>> up next, the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he...
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rice tell us wh you are on angry and why what russia did, after all of the negotiations why it was so offensive? >> well it was not so much that i was angry, i was expressing what is the shared frustration of the syrian people, the american people and the publics of the countries all over the world represented on that council. that russia and china by their veto made it impossible for the council to support an arab league plan for a peaceful democratic transition. that resolution that was vetoed was not meaningless and watered down, it was significant. if that it would have lined up the entire international community behind a process where both sides had to come together and on a swift timetable, negotiate a transition to a democratic regime. the fact that russia and china chose to line themselves up with a dictator that is on his last legs rather than with the people of syria and the people of middle east and the principaled views of the rest of the international community was indeed disgusting and shameful and i think it's a decision that they will come to regret when there's that d
rice tell us wh you are on angry and why what russia did, after all of the negotiations why it was so offensive? >> well it was not so much that i was angry, i was expressing what is the shared frustration of the syrian people, the american people and the publics of the countries all over the world represented on that council. that russia and china by their veto made it impossible for the council to support an arab league plan for a peaceful democratic transition. that resolution that was...
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>> i appreciated the opportunity to visit russia. first of all, to talk about the basis of the program, to extend the umbrella program to give legal basis so we can continue to work with the russians to destroy missiles and destroy engines that had nuclear weapons attached to them and all the rest. i took the opportunity with deputy ministers of defense and foreign affairs to suggest that there is another cooperative threat reduction we could do with russia. united states and russia, two great powers. lot of experience with chemical weapons. and we would plan together for a contingency that if the assad regime falls or there is a general disintegration of order in syria, we would be prepared, as two nations, to take over those chemical wes and destroy them. and i suggested this as a cooperative threat reduction program because we want to have, i believe, a stronger relations with russia. it was good to be with russia on the syrian question, and appeared to me this was a possible opening. >> did you get any, any kind of sense from the
>> i appreciated the opportunity to visit russia. first of all, to talk about the basis of the program, to extend the umbrella program to give legal basis so we can continue to work with the russians to destroy missiles and destroy engines that had nuclear weapons attached to them and all the rest. i took the opportunity with deputy ministers of defense and foreign affairs to suggest that there is another cooperative threat reduction we could do with russia. united states and russia, two...
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>> we have to work very hard on moving russia. as the situation deteriorates, their position as the only holdout for the assad regime becomes more untenable. they have shown a bit of -- in that regard, they contrived very hard to get the russia on board, and in the end we couldn't get them on board, we ended up using force after a lot of people died, unfortunately. that ended up resolving the situation. here it's very complicated, you know, the president himself is runs for reelection on a platform of ending wars in the middle east, not starting new once. the american people are war-weary. they've had the longest wars in iraq and afghanistan in america's history. it's not clear who would we be intervening on. this will not be capable by any means. so first thing we have to do is try to get the russians on board, try to have agreement in the security council for more coercive means, and if we can't do that, then we're going to have to look for a plan b that is more unilateral in its intervention. >>> martin indyk. it's a great book
>> we have to work very hard on moving russia. as the situation deteriorates, their position as the only holdout for the assad regime becomes more untenable. they have shown a bit of -- in that regard, they contrived very hard to get the russia on board, and in the end we couldn't get them on board, we ended up using force after a lot of people died, unfortunately. that ended up resolving the situation. here it's very complicated, you know, the president himself is runs for reelection on...
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senator clinton -- secretary clinton meeting with russia, what can we do and what's the next step if they don't listen. >> it's a complex world the president is going to lead in. >> can i enter, you cover these issues all the time and did a lead story on nightly news on this topic. the question fors the president is ultimately what do you do when your foreign policy has been premised on bringing american troops home, at a time when american power and influence is needed particularly in the middle east, but there are no easy answers. this i think is what sort of calls out for an obama doctrine in a second term. he doesn't seem to have one at the moment which is a big issue. >> and doesn't have a foreign policy team yet. he's still wrestling with those decisions. more on that to come. david gregory, thank you very much. chris cizilla. coming up sunday on "meet the press," the fiscal cliff debate. the latest between house republican whip kevin mccarthy and assistant senate majority leader dick durbin, the two men who have been at the table. congress hearing from all sides on the fiscal
senator clinton -- secretary clinton meeting with russia, what can we do and what's the next step if they don't listen. >> it's a complex world the president is going to lead in. >> can i enter, you cover these issues all the time and did a lead story on nightly news on this topic. the question fors the president is ultimately what do you do when your foreign policy has been premised on bringing american troops home, at a time when american power and influence is needed particularly...
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what do you sense from russia? any chance that russia will take a turn and put pressure on assad to slowly give up power? >> maybe, i say that with some skepticism though it's possible. they've been playing both sides of this for a long time. they say they're not ready for the regime but against regime change. in favor of kofi annan's plan but not prepared to put pressure on the regime to implement it. this weekend they signed on to the security council resolution but say that you need an investigation to know who committed it. they're not that comfortable backing the regime but don't want to see an abrupt regime change they think could hurt their interestings. >> they waan investigation, sawn real time, reported that it was clearly either the regime or henchmen of the regime. >> i'm in favor of an investigation to know exactly what happened but i think it's strange to sign on to the security council resolution that basically identifies the regime as a culprit. but then not be clear about who is there. but i think
what do you sense from russia? any chance that russia will take a turn and put pressure on assad to slowly give up power? >> maybe, i say that with some skepticism though it's possible. they've been playing both sides of this for a long time. they say they're not ready for the regime but against regime change. in favor of kofi annan's plan but not prepared to put pressure on the regime to implement it. this weekend they signed on to the security council resolution but say that you need an...
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putin and russia blocking any action on syria. pri political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? chris cillizza is back with us. we can talk about where they're going because romney is going to be in ohio. tomorrow the president starts a two-day tour in florida. george w. bush talking about the politics, the mudslinging and how he feels now. this was at the hoover institution at stanford. >> pretty unattractive metaphor. i said i crawled out of the swamp and i'm not crawling back in. and you know, i'm interested in politics. i'm, you know, i'm a supporter of mitt romney. i hope he does well. but you know, he can do well without me. >> and he also made the point as he has before that he believes that you should not get in the way of the current kin habtant of the oval office. >> he's kept to that, andrea, i would say. he really has kept an incredibly low profile since leaving office. one think i say about george bush, we think of the eight years he was president, six years as governor before that. this is somebody invol
putin and russia blocking any action on syria. pri political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? chris cillizza is back with us. we can talk about where they're going because romney is going to be in ohio. tomorrow the president starts a two-day tour in florida. george w. bush talking about the politics, the mudslinging and how he feels now. this was at the hoover institution at stanford. >> pretty unattractive metaphor. i said i crawled out of the swamp and i'm not crawling...
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on the russia end, i was watching that interview live, romney went back and tried to argue that russia, its a relationship with china, iran, they were a catalyst but certainly when he initially said it, even i, admitted relative amateur in geo -- world geopolitics raise mid my eyebro. it felt like the mid 19 0s. we've seen this pattern with mitt romney, two steps forward, one step back. rarlles rardless it's not a pert cam pin. no campaign is. he occasionally steps in. this may be a small example as he sought to take advantage of what they believed was a big opportunity for them. >> chris cillizza, our thanks to pete williams, of course. as we sit here in havana, the pope has landed at airport in havana. we can i think see live pictures of him coming down the steps. he has arrived at the airport in havana. he is going to be greeted by raul castro, of course, the president and has been the president since 2008, when he replaced his brother. joined by mark potter here. you've been covering cuba for so many years. big difference this time, as we continue to see the pope arriving here, is
on the russia end, i was watching that interview live, romney went back and tried to argue that russia, its a relationship with china, iran, they were a catalyst but certainly when he initially said it, even i, admitted relative amateur in geo -- world geopolitics raise mid my eyebro. it felt like the mid 19 0s. we've seen this pattern with mitt romney, two steps forward, one step back. rarlles rardless it's not a pert cam pin. no campaign is. he occasionally steps in. this may be a small...
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he barely mentioned china and his mention of russia they say russia is not the greatest foreign policy challenge. when it comes to the middle east he senses vulnerability in the wake of benghazi. >> i think it's an attempt for romney to push the reset button. they put out a statement, a political statement before we knew about the death of ambassador chris stef ens that they could have handled it better but it doesn't mean they should leave the issue alone. they think the president is vulnerable. i thought the most quotable line from the romney speech is hope is not a strategy talking about the middle east. you used the words leading from behind. mitt romney used it at least once in the speech. the speech was an attempt to say, this is what barack obama has done. here is what i would do. it was tonal more than specific. it was more we need to be bigger, more aggressive whether it's iran or another syria. it was broadly philosophically we need a stronger, more muscular approach. >> on several points he's critical on iran because he would have opposed the initial attempt to open up towar
he barely mentioned china and his mention of russia they say russia is not the greatest foreign policy challenge. when it comes to the middle east he senses vulnerability in the wake of benghazi. >> i think it's an attempt for romney to push the reset button. they put out a statement, a political statement before we knew about the death of ambassador chris stef ens that they could have handled it better but it doesn't mean they should leave the issue alone. they think the president is...
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russia has a very, very important role and have influence. it's a member of the security council. it blocked tougher measures at the u.s. and that they would like to take. >> russia is flatly rejecting this and they should involve iran. should iran talk on the table in. >> it's something that i didn't hear come up until today. there was a column in the "washington post" by a columnist indicating that kofi annan put forward this idea and now maybe not so coincidentally the foreign minster is suggesting the same thing. iran, turkey, saudi arabia, the five permanent members of the council and maybe the eu are touted as a contact group. they want to get away from the friends of western coninstruct and move things from their standpoint to a more balanced approach. >> what are about iran? the other argument is iran is helping the regime so they don't have clean hands. how can you bring them in at the table to negotiate? i'm not sure i would be in favor. on the other hand they are playing a role and they have been involveda the other times in talks such as in afghanistan. it's not unprec
russia has a very, very important role and have influence. it's a member of the security council. it blocked tougher measures at the u.s. and that they would like to take. >> russia is flatly rejecting this and they should involve iran. should iran talk on the table in. >> it's something that i didn't hear come up until today. there was a column in the "washington post" by a columnist indicating that kofi annan put forward this idea and now maybe not so coincidentally the...
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position, and it's clear china will follow russia's lead on this, but if russia is not going to change, and vladimir putin was on the phone with the president yesterday and we were told there were strong disagreements. so even that conversation did not patchhings up. so if russia's not going to change its position, do we now have to find other allies and other recourses if we have no option in the u.n. security council to help the people of syr syria? >> well, certainly andrea, today's action by the russians and the chinese puts a punctuation mark on their refusal to allow the security council to play an effective role in trying to stop the violence there. as i said when i spoke before the security council today, for the united states part, we will continue to work toward a peaceful political transition. we'll continue to support the peaceful opposition in syria and to provide nonlethal support to the military opposition. we'll continue to provide robust humanitarian support and we will work with other countries outside of the security council increasingly to put further pressure on as
position, and it's clear china will follow russia's lead on this, but if russia is not going to change, and vladimir putin was on the phone with the president yesterday and we were told there were strong disagreements. so even that conversation did not patchhings up. so if russia's not going to change its position, do we now have to find other allies and other recourses if we have no option in the u.n. security council to help the people of syr syria? >> well, certainly andrea, today's...
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>> it is outrageous what russia is doing. not only did they block the u.n. resolution genlts the assad regime, but they are supplying billions of dollars worth of arms and they have supplied the regime with land mines that they have used to put on the boarder and they are providing training on on how to use the weapons and they are being used to murder innocent civilians in syria. it's awful what the regime is doing, they are torturing and committing rape and russia is standing by, it's outs rage us what they are doing. i feel they are accomplice to this, they need to stop right away. >> what more should the u.s. or could be doing, certainly secretary clinton was tough in, she spoke of the actions being d despicable. and we the british being the head of the u.n. council, and they are trying to push russia into a resolution on syria, do you have hopes of that? >> first of all, we need to stop purchasing from this russian owned companies. we have been purchasing helicopters and further sanctions, russia needs to understand that we will take actions against the
>> it is outrageous what russia is doing. not only did they block the u.n. resolution genlts the assad regime, but they are supplying billions of dollars worth of arms and they have supplied the regime with land mines that they have used to put on the boarder and they are providing training on on how to use the weapons and they are being used to murder innocent civilians in syria. it's awful what the regime is doing, they are torturing and committing rape and russia is standing by, it's...
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. >> we have very strong opposition from russia and china, but it's primarily russia. and that makes it harder to put together an international coahis. the syrians are not going to listen to us, they will listen, maybe, to the russians so we have to keep pushing them. >> congressman mike rogers is chairman of the house intelligence committee and joins me. thank you so much for being with us. first of all, arming the syrian rebels. you have said don't arm the rebels. we're hearing a lot of criticism of that. john mccain you know is really out there. mitt romney blaming the president for weakness saying he's not showing leadership saying we have to pour resources into the opposition, not specifically arms but he doesn't say exactly what we should do. why are you so strongly against arming the rebels? >> i could see all of the intelligence every day. that's what i do as chairman of the intelligence committee. i'll tell threw is no syrian resistance in total. there are pockets of resistance, there are some emerging groups. we just don't have a good handle on who they are.
. >> we have very strong opposition from russia and china, but it's primarily russia. and that makes it harder to put together an international coahis. the syrians are not going to listen to us, they will listen, maybe, to the russians so we have to keep pushing them. >> congressman mike rogers is chairman of the house intelligence committee and joins me. thank you so much for being with us. first of all, arming the syrian rebels. you have said don't arm the rebels. we're hearing a...
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if russia could try to influence assad to leave as quickly as possible, that would certainly help the situation where too many people are being killed, and both russia and the united states have an interest in making sure that the chemical weapons stocks in syria don't fall into the hands of a radical islamist group or terrorist group which could happen in the event of the fall of the assad government, so american and russian interests may be converging at the end of this phase of the syrian conflict more than they were certainly, say, a year ago when russia was an unstinting supporter of the assad regime. >> nicolas burns, ending on an up note. thank you very much. >> good to see you. this just in. president obama moments ago outside the white house walking over to blair house talked about the state of the fiscal cliff talks in answer to a question. >> how are you feeling about a deal? optimistic? >> still a work in progress. >> he said it's a work in progress. coming up next, it's all about hillary, but, first, sir paul mccartney paying tribute to hurricane sandy. first responders.
if russia could try to influence assad to leave as quickly as possible, that would certainly help the situation where too many people are being killed, and both russia and the united states have an interest in making sure that the chemical weapons stocks in syria don't fall into the hands of a radical islamist group or terrorist group which could happen in the event of the fall of the assad government, so american and russian interests may be converging at the end of this phase of the syrian...
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syria's far more important to russia and it is to the united states. the united states is trying to find ways to raise the cost to putin, and as chuck just indicated, there's now some indications that russia's prepared to look at a syria beyond assad as long as it feels its interests are protected. >> there are reports that a program, a 2010 program from the state department to help the syrians with new media technologies is now being used to help the opposition get the word out. what do we know about what kind of communications gear and nonlethal idea we're providing on the ground? >> this is a conundrum in a global marketplace, that the same technology that can expand the ability of the public to communicate enables regimes to spy on their own people, and the government has become a little bit better at trying to track where this technology goes, but that is -- unfortunately, in the post-9/11 world, where we have added a lot of surveillance technology around the world, that's now being used against those who want to change the middle east. >> i wante
syria's far more important to russia and it is to the united states. the united states is trying to find ways to raise the cost to putin, and as chuck just indicated, there's now some indications that russia's prepared to look at a syria beyond assad as long as it feels its interests are protected. >> there are reports that a program, a 2010 program from the state department to help the syrians with new media technologies is now being used to help the opposition get the word out. what do...
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russia is part of the group negotiating with iran on their the nuclear sites and also, of course, russia is a key player in what sort of support or not israel could experience if it decided to strike iran's nuclear facilities. >> some say that russia would be saying more than doing if israel were to strike. can israel strike iran and a what damage could it accomplish? >> well, i think israel could strike iran. the question as david said, it's how much damage could they do? they could hurt it. but their ability to stop it at had this points is open to question. and the question depend approximates were israel to strike, what kind of steps would they take and how extensive would their strikes be? >> is our intelligence as good as david beliefs? could they have something that we do not about? >> i think it's unlikely. our intelligence is quite good on iran there's been focus on the past two administrations but we have been surprised before and we have to be ready to be surprised again. >> thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> the michigan shoedown, meet rombo, stay with us for live co
russia is part of the group negotiating with iran on their the nuclear sites and also, of course, russia is a key player in what sort of support or not israel could experience if it decided to strike iran's nuclear facilities. >> some say that russia would be saying more than doing if israel were to strike. can israel strike iran and a what damage could it accomplish? >> well, i think israel could strike iran. the question as david said, it's how much damage could they do? they...
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there is a lot of anger on the ground against russia. you don't hear much anger against the united states. people say in syria that the united states' position has been fairly weak but we don't need a nato intervention, we just need weapons and they think the reason they're not getting those weapons is because of russian intransigence and russia blocking the international community to do more. >> with that, hillary clinton would certainly agree. richard engel, thanks so much. we look forward to your reporting tonight. >>> a major diplomatic standoff between the u.s. and pakistan has been resolved, sort of. clearing the way for american convoys, trucks, to resume delivering military supplies to nato troops in afghanistan from a keyboarder crossing in pakistan. joining me now is amna nawaz, direct from islamabad. great to see you back in washington. we have seen some backup along the border and there was a drone strike as well today. bring usp to date, we know we have been watching how this got resolved seven months, it took. how is it pla
there is a lot of anger on the ground against russia. you don't hear much anger against the united states. people say in syria that the united states' position has been fairly weak but we don't need a nato intervention, we just need weapons and they think the reason they're not getting those weapons is because of russian intransigence and russia blocking the international community to do more. >> with that, hillary clinton would certainly agree. richard engel, thanks so much. we look...
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the former prime minister of russia. thanks for being with us today. >>> here at home, let's discuss why women still can't have it all. this provocative argument is now being raised a half century after "the feminine mystique." a whole new generation of women are debating what had been thout of as settled wisdom. this cover story in the "atlantic" magazine written by a former top official in hillary clinton's state department, princeton professor, anne marie slaughter, challenges conventional wisdom about women and work. she joins me now from new york. great to see you again. you have set off a storm in only six days, 900,000 people have gone online to read your article and on facebook, it's one of the most liked articles ever. what have you started and why did you write the article? >> it's great to be on with you. i have to say i thought that this article would strike a chord because i knew many, many younger women were not happy with the answer you can have it all but i had no idea that the reaction would be just this
the former prime minister of russia. thanks for being with us today. >>> here at home, let's discuss why women still can't have it all. this provocative argument is now being raised a half century after "the feminine mystique." a whole new generation of women are debating what had been thout of as settled wisdom. this cover story in the "atlantic" magazine written by a former top official in hillary clinton's state department, princeton professor, anne marie...
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i think russia is on the wrong side of this. it's a suggestion from one who watches this area closely that that could be the missing ingredient to turn this, and if it doesn't turn, just a cease-fire, i think, will not lead to a good outcome, keeping bashar there after 8,000 or 9,000 civilians are dead and given his history is the wrong strategy for syria. >> jane harman, thank you very much. and other stories making headlines right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the south korea yab native accuses of gunning down seven people at a small christian college makes his first court appearance this afternoon. one goh is being held on three counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. >>> dozens of student dem upon administrators were pepper sprayed at san tan mon can college after trying to force their way into a trustees meeting. look at those pictures. they were trying to protest against rising tuition costs. at least two students were hospitalized after that incident. and one trustee is now calling for an investigation.
i think russia is on the wrong side of this. it's a suggestion from one who watches this area closely that that could be the missing ingredient to turn this, and if it doesn't turn, just a cease-fire, i think, will not lead to a good outcome, keeping bashar there after 8,000 or 9,000 civilians are dead and given his history is the wrong strategy for syria. >> jane harman, thank you very much. and other stories making headlines right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the south...
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russia has been assad's biggest ally and chief supporter? do you think russia is really considering abandoning him? >> i think that russians have long been in touch with the syrian opposition. they understand assad cannot -- syria, first of all, their ally, even if assad survives, which is unlikely, is never going to emerge in the same coherent, cohesive state, that the nation that they had supported these many years. they're, i think, beginning to understand that their assets, their interests, their influence on the ground in syria, would be much better protected if they began to hedge their bets. whether or not they can work to actually facilitate assad's departure, or demise is another matter and whether they would be willing to work with us. the russians are tired, putin in particular, of watching the united states bring down its former clients, gadhafi in libya saddam and now the assad. so i think as a former great power, the russians read reality but i think will be cautious in wanting to create a kind of western or u.s. imposed soluti
russia has been assad's biggest ally and chief supporter? do you think russia is really considering abandoning him? >> i think that russians have long been in touch with the syrian opposition. they understand assad cannot -- syria, first of all, their ally, even if assad survives, which is unlikely, is never going to emerge in the same coherent, cohesive state, that the nation that they had supported these many years. they're, i think, beginning to understand that their assets, their...
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and what can we do with the continuing opposition from russia? >> i cannot make a judgment about that. i just heard the statement, we have a diplomatic relationship with the syrian government. here is what i think we need to do. and i think we are doing it by the way. first, trying to examine the nature of the opposition. how much of it is regional players trying take advantage of the situation and how much of it is organizations like al qaeda attempting to take over the situation and escalate it and we need to look at the measures that the syrian government has taken to put down the opposition and these other portions of the oppositi opposition. in that context, it's been useful for us to go to the international community, and to have their participation in coming up with a solution and this is not -- >> senator, should we be arming the rebels? >> i think, first of all, we have to examine who they are. and that is what i was saying in the first part. i had a discussion with director clapper and we need to figure out who they are before putting i
and what can we do with the continuing opposition from russia? >> i cannot make a judgment about that. i just heard the statement, we have a diplomatic relationship with the syrian government. here is what i think we need to do. and i think we are doing it by the way. first, trying to examine the nature of the opposition. how much of it is regional players trying take advantage of the situation and how much of it is organizations like al qaeda attempting to take over the situation and...
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we should increase pressure on russia to cease selling arms to the government and end its obstruction at the u.n. and work with partners to arm the opposition so they can defend themselves. now, you just heard a man said say from the arab world, some of the concern is that if you arm the opposition, you only increase the cycle of violence. how do you expect this to work in the field. >> first of all, i'll stunned just listening to that report that the administration is still letting this kofi annan plan play out. it's embarrassing the u.s. policy is dependent now on the success or failure of kofi annan. nobody in the foreign policy think tank community here, nobody in the capitals of arab governments around the region, i think a number of people within the administration do not believe that this kofi annan plan is going anywhere. if anything, it's just been providing cover for bashar assad to slaughter a lot of people. the first thing thevation should do is call this kofi annan diplomacy track off. as it relates to getting resources to the opposition, the saudis are willing to provide
we should increase pressure on russia to cease selling arms to the government and end its obstruction at the u.n. and work with partners to arm the opposition so they can defend themselves. now, you just heard a man said say from the arab world, some of the concern is that if you arm the opposition, you only increase the cycle of violence. how do you expect this to work in the field. >> first of all, i'll stunned just listening to that report that the administration is still letting this...
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is that just showing russian -- that russia is russia and it's going to be difficult and has not been as helpful as we would like in syria, and iran and other places? >> the relationship with russia also is something at the moment is a little dicey, partially this has all to do as far as, this would be my analysis with president putin's domestic issues and his desire all of a sudden to re-create himself as the power center. and he's always been kind of mixed in terms of nato and i think it's not -- i do not see it as i an snub. i do see it as something which is internal to russia and the way that they're behaving on missile defense has to do with putin living up to his own legend of returning russia to power. but the relationship on a day to day basis is a lot of stuff goes on between us and the russians. >> and a lot of it isn't very good or very helpful. madame secretary, thank you so much for being with us. >> it's great to be with you in chicago. we see each other many places. >> wonderful. >> and still ahead it, romney campaign adviser eric fern strom will be joining from us bost
is that just showing russian -- that russia is russia and it's going to be difficult and has not been as helpful as we would like in syria, and iran and other places? >> the relationship with russia also is something at the moment is a little dicey, partially this has all to do as far as, this would be my analysis with president putin's domestic issues and his desire all of a sudden to re-create himself as the power center. and he's always been kind of mixed in terms of nato and i think...
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we work with russia all the time. hardly an ally, but certainly not an adversary. >> i don't think there's anybody that will tell you obama's rush to policy has been a suck sed. when you look at iran and the russian policy on those, when you look at the position on those, directly in the face of the united states, when you look at the russians who are trying to stop there being a pipeline from the cass ian sea across turkey to serve europe so the russians will continue to hold a monopoly, if i were the obama people i would not be trying to say look at the great successes we've had in iran and syria, in north korea. i don't think they will. they will talk about osama bin laden. americans are glad osama bin laden is dead. >> didn't mitt romney himself question whether it was worth spending all the money and effort to go after one man? >> i don't know if he did or not. >> well, let me get the actual quote for you in a minute. let's also talk about this "crossroads" ad. you're attacking the likability, the accessibility o
we work with russia all the time. hardly an ally, but certainly not an adversary. >> i don't think there's anybody that will tell you obama's rush to policy has been a suck sed. when you look at iran and the russian policy on those, when you look at the position on those, directly in the face of the united states, when you look at the russians who are trying to stop there being a pipeline from the cass ian sea across turkey to serve europe so the russians will continue to hold a monopoly,...
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when the president of the united states is speaking with the leader of russia saying he could be more flexible after the election, that is an alarming and troubling development. this is no time for our president to be pulling his punches with the american people. and not telling us what he is intending to do. >> well, chris cillizza, we'll be forward to the supreme court's argument, the audio from the first day released very shortly. we have a lot on our plate politically in the next 24 hours. >> i think what the health care debate in the supreme court as well as, look, quickly with romney. this is pure politics. if mitt romney was the president and had an open mike moment, whoever the democratic nominee would say the same thing. what both these things suggest is the fact that there are a lot of intangible x factors. what the court decides. this is not an example of a big open mike gaffe but these are the things that happen in the course of a campaign. rick santorum losing his temper is another one, that can change the course of an election. so everyone today who is predicting who is
when the president of the united states is speaking with the leader of russia saying he could be more flexible after the election, that is an alarming and troubling development. this is no time for our president to be pulling his punches with the american people. and not telling us what he is intending to do. >> well, chris cillizza, we'll be forward to the supreme court's argument, the audio from the first day released very shortly. we have a lot on our plate politically in the next 24...
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. >> i asked colin powell about how he's hard on russia who considers himself a friend and admirer of mitt romney's. he has not yet endorsed in this race even though he endorsed obama last time around. this is what he said when i asked him about the russia comments from mitt romney. >> i think he needs to think carefully about these statements. they're now on the wall for people to see. let's not create enemies where none yet exists. >> well, governor romney does think very carefully through the issues and makes very clear, he talks with a lot of folks who offer a great deal of input before he makes decisions and pursues policies. in this particular case, governor romney was very clear he believes in many ways russia is not working in the best interests of either economic freedom or political freedom sometimes around the globe and that we have to make sure that we're very clear about some of the differences and disagreements that we have when pursuing either bilateral agreements or multilateral agreements on policies on policy pursuits around the globe. >> finally, kevin, cow pie? i a
. >> i asked colin powell about how he's hard on russia who considers himself a friend and admirer of mitt romney's. he has not yet endorsed in this race even though he endorsed obama last time around. this is what he said when i asked him about the russia comments from mitt romney. >> i think he needs to think carefully about these statements. they're now on the wall for people to see. let's not create enemies where none yet exists. >> well, governor romney does think very...
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russia has been syria's strong effort ally in all of this. is there anything that can be done to convince russia to pull back their support? >> well, chris, i think that is a pertinent issue right now. this is a dangerous situation, obviously, when there's a -- at least the possibility of the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government or the possibility when that government falls those weapons might not be secure and there are terrorist groups, of course, some quite radical, active in syria. i think secretary clinton was right to meet with the russian foreign minister today. the third person joining that meeting was brahimi, the united nations' diplomat, troubleshooter for syria. i imagine both secretary clinton and mr. brahimi would be lean on the russians to convince assad to leave power. he's finished in syria. there's no way he's going to emerge victorious. the only options for him are to lose and lose his life, most probability, or leave syria but certainly this civil war now more than 40,000 people dead, and with the latest proble
russia has been syria's strong effort ally in all of this. is there anything that can be done to convince russia to pull back their support? >> well, chris, i think that is a pertinent issue right now. this is a dangerous situation, obviously, when there's a -- at least the possibility of the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government or the possibility when that government falls those weapons might not be secure and there are terrorist groups, of course, some quite radical, active...